Plant the seeds of wonder to grow roots of understanding with Artful Reading: Science! AR:SCI weaves together literacy, science, and the arts to support students as they discover and build knowledge about the world. It fosters intellectual curiosity and fluency, using themes and practices to connect with science and language.
Students want to explore, examine, and learn more about the world around them. With AR: SCI, science is brought to life through engaging activities, turning every child into a curious investigator while strengthening their reading literacy skills.
AR:Sci Modules
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears is an adapted African tale about a mosquito that brings utter disaster to the jungle. The tale sets the stage for a careful examination of cause and effect. Students will learn about a mosquito’s anatomy and how mosquitos identify their prey. While teaching readers about mosquitoes and what we can do to repel them, the module encourages students to apply problem-solving skills, like those of Rube Goldberg, to solve problems (big and small). This module invites students to dance, design, and demonstrate the art of storytelling as they tell their own tales.
This module contains the following lessons:
- Vampires?
- Buzz! Over Here! Centers: Mosquito Repellent, Life Cycle of a Mosquito, and Swat-a-Word
- Mosquito Parts
- How Mosquitoes Find You
- I Heard a Buzz in My Ear
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz …
- Just Like Rube Goldberg
- Rube Goldberg: Energy
- Energy Transfer
- Just Like Dominoes
- Tales to Tell
At the end of the module, you will find options for summative writing tasks andoptional extensions that can stretch the module further.
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
Make Way for Ducklings
Make Way for Ducklings is the story of duck parents who are in search of a safe place to build a nest and raise their ducklings so their ducklings can thrive. This module invites birds of a feather to flock together as they build on their understanding of how ducks use their beaks to communicate and feed. Students will make feathery art, construct nests from loose parts, and join their voices for choral reading and improvised storytelling. This module will contribute to a student’s scientific understanding of the world around them!
This module contains the following lessons:
- Follow the Leader
- The (Choral Reading) Duck
- Mama Built a Little Nest
- Just Ducky Centers: I Can Build a Little Nest, Duck-a-Roo!, Duck, Duck, Read, Feather Painting, and Life Cycle of a Duck
- Ducks and Ducklings
- Make Way for Ducklings
- Kayla Makes a Duck Call
- How Ducks Survive & Thrive
- See. Hear. Think. Wonder.
- Duck Calls
At the end of the module, you will find options for summative writing tasks and optional extensions that can stretch the module further.